Yasushi Akashi
| Yasushi Akashi | |
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| 明石 康 | |
| Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator | |
| In office January 2001 – June 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Sérgio Vieira de Mello |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 January 1931 Hinai, Akita, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Yasushi Akashi (明石 康 Akashi Yasushi, born January 19, 1931 in Hinai, Akita Prefecture) is a senior Japanese diplomat and United Nations administrator. Akashi graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tokyo in 1954, studied as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Virginia, and later at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[1] As a politically appointed International Civil Servant at the Headquarters of the United Nations Secretariat in New York, he held positions as Under-Secretary-General of Public Information, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs and Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
Among many other additional assignments he was the Secretary-General's Personal Representative for the war in the former Yugoslavia. He also supervised the Cambodian peace negotiations and subsequent elections in 1993. Despite his successes there, he was strongly criticized for his subsequent role in the Balkans, particularly for failing to prevent the genocide in Srebrenica.[2]
Akashi was expected to visit Sri Lanka in the last week of September 2006 to help facilitate negotiations between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government.[3] In the past, Akashi has met with JVP official Somawansa Amarasinghe.[4]
He ran for Governor of Tokyo in the election of 1999 with the support of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito coalition, but came in fourth place.[5]
Honors
- Honorary citizen of Sochi city, Russia (1989).[citation needed]
- Eminent member of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation.[6]
References
- ↑ Yasushi Akashi United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Biography
- ↑ Bianca Jagger: The Betrayal of Srebrenica. The European, 25 September-1 October 1995
- ↑ Lanka warfront largely quiet as talks hopes rise Gulf Times
- ↑ JVP leader & Yasushi Akashi meet in Japan People's Liberation Front
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| Preceded by | Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator 1996–1998 |
Succeeded by Sérgio Vieira de Mello (Brazil) |
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